Installing Git on Linux. Determine on which Linux distribution your system is based on. See List of Linux distributions – Wikipedia for a list. Most Linux systems – including Ubuntu – are Debian-based. Debian-based linux systems. Open a terminal window. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return. On my mac, however, the Terminal application is used for Git commands like Git Bash on Windows. I was a bit confused as to why I could not find a Git Bash version for Mac anywhere on Git's site. It turns out that Git commands are all executed in the Mac terminal application, Terminal.

May 19, 2020 Mac OSX Manual Environment Set Up Introduction. This Readme is a step-by-step guide for how to set up your local environment on a Mac. Please note that these instructions will not work for non-Mac users. If you're on a Windows 10 machine, see the Windows Subsystem for Linux setup instructions. Drush can be installed on a Mac using the Homebrew package manager, or manually using the following steps. Download and unpack Drush Download either the tar.gz or zip file from the Drush project page and unpack it into your home directory or a directory below your home directory. For example, if your home directory is /Users/myusername, unpacking the tar.gz or zip file there.

An easy to refer to document for setting up macOS 10.15 Catalina.

Previous Setup Gists

My previous macOS / OSX setup gists:

• Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite - https://gist.github.com/suzannealdrich/d240c4741052b5db732a

Install Software

The software selected is software that is 'tried and true' --- software I need after any fresh install. I often install other software not listed here, but is handled in a case-by-case basis.

Prerequisites

System Config Files

Files from my personal system-config repository on GitHub. There are some useful scripts and configs that make this process quick. This contains a Brewfile, for example.

git clone https://github.com/suzannealdrich/system-config ~/.system-config

Homebrew

ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)'

Xcode Command Line Tools

During install of Homebrew, the script will kindly detect that you have not yet installed Xcode Command Line Tools, and pop up a dialog asking if you want to install it. Yes, you do. I defer to install the full Xcode until later since the download takes longer and I want to keep moving forward. For now, just the Xcode Command Line Tools.

Mac App Store Command Line Tools

Install Git Bash On Mac

Install Git Bash Mac

The mas command by argon is a handy tool to interact with the App Store without needing to point and click, search, and otherwise need manual intervention. This lets us install the next batch of software very quickly using Terminal.

Now that Homebrew is installed, it's easy to get mas:

brew install mas

Then signin to the Mac App Store for the first time (if you are already signed in, then it will tell you):

mas signin [email protected]

El capitan boot disk. You may see the message “To continue we need to erase the disk at /Volumes/Untitled.

Install binaries from a Brewfile (apps from App Store using mas, apps from Cask)

Git For Macbook

How To Open Git Bash

Edit Brewfile for last minute changes

You may wish to add or remove a few App Store or Cask items before initiating Homebrew to install all of the applications. If you wish to review these now you may fork the system-config repo and edit the Brewfile (~/.system-config/Brewfile) now.

Install apps

Git Bash Download Mac

brew bundle --file=~/.system-config/Brewfile

This will take some time, especially if you have a slow internet connection and because Xcode is huge. But it's faster than you having to search the App Store app and click to install for each of these!

Git comes with built-in GUI tools for committing (git-gui) and browsing (gitk), but there are several third-party tools for users looking for platform-specific experience.

If you want to add another GUI tool to this list, just follow the instructions.

• GitHub Desktop

  Platforms: Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: MIT

• SourceTree

  Platforms: Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• TortoiseGit

  Platforms: Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• Git Extensions

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• GitKraken

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free / $29 / $49
  License: Proprietary

• Magit

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• SmartGit

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: $79/user / Free for non-commercial use
  License: Proprietary

• Tower

  Platforms: Mac, Windows
  Price: $69/user (Free 30 day trial)
  License: Proprietary

• MeGit (based on EGit)

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: EPL2.0

• Sublime Merge

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: $99/user, $75 annual business sub, free eval
  License: Proprietary

• GitUp

  Platforms: Mac
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• Fork

  Platforms: Mac, Windows
  Price: $49.99, free evaluation
  License: Proprietary

• GitAhead

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: MIT

• gitg

  Platforms: Linux, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• ungit

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: MIT

• Fugitive

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Vim

• GitEye

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• LazyGit

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: MIT

• gmaster

  Platforms: Windows
  Price: Beta / Free for non-commercial use
  License: Proprietary

• Guitar

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• Pocket Git

  Platforms: Android
  Price: 1.99€
  License: Proprietary

• Working Copy

  Platforms: iOS
  Price: Free with in-app purchases
  License: Proprietary

• Gitfox

  Platforms: Mac
  Price: €3.99/m or €24,99/y per user
  License: Proprietary

• git-cola

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• Cycligent Git Tool

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• GitUI

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free, but donations welcome
  License: MIT

• giggle

  Platforms: Linux
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• Aurees

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• Gitbox

  Platforms: Mac
  Price: $14.99
  License: Proprietary

• CodeReview

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• Git2Go

  Platforms: iOS
  Price: Free with in-app purchases
  License: Proprietary

• SnailGit

  Platforms: Mac
  Price: $9.99 / Lite version
  License: Proprietary

• GitX-dev

  Platforms: Mac
  Price: Free
  License: GNU GPL

• GitBlade

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free Lite version, $59.99/user/year for PRO version
  License: Proprietary

• RepoZ

  Platforms: Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: MIT

• Cong

  Platforms: Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• GitDrive

  Platforms: iOS
  Price: Free with in-app purchases
  License: Proprietary

• GitFiend

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• GitAtomic

  Platforms: Windows
  Price: 15.00€
  License: Proprietary

• NitroGit

  Platforms: Windows
  Price: 20€/user / Free for non-commercial use
  License: Proprietary

• GitFinder

  Platforms: Mac
  Price: $24.95
  License: Proprietary

• Vershd

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free for personal use, otherwise $37
  License: Proprietary

• GitVine

  Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
  Price: Free
  License: Proprietary

• PolyGit

  Platforms: iOS
  Price: Free with in-app purchases
  License: Proprietary

Git On Mac

There are other great GUI tools available as well. Have a look at the list of interfaces, frontends and tools in the Git Wiki.